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You reap what you sow. Why does the kid need the threat of a beating to behave?
OTOH, once a parent screws up, the parent needs to get back in control by whatever means necessary. If you find yourself with a little bastard of a 10 year old, it doesn't do much good to try to figure out where you went wrong--you have to deal with what you've got. Kind of like Iraq.
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